Daily Republican., 1887-08-09
SAM JONES' SAYINGS.

Sam Jones preached three sermons
on July Sd. The sermons were, as
usual striking, the speaker also bring.
ing his argument home by apt illus
trations and entertaining anecdotes.
Some of his pithy sayings are here
given:
You can't make friends with God
until you're sorry enough of your SINS
to quit them.
If a man repents he don't have to
try to believe; it comes of itself.
God can't give you faith; you've
got TO do that yourself God gives
you sight, but seeing is your Job. God
gives you taste, but do you ever ask
God to taste ham and eggs3
You may call this silly talk, but I'm
talking to a silly crowd.
Foolishness is what you rub on fool
ish people.
A man once said to me: "Mr.
Jones, when you have converted the
hypocrites come and talk religion to
me; these hypocrites are in my way"
l said, "They wouldn't be in your way
il they hadn't got ahead of you. Amt
you ashamed to let the bypocrite gel
ahead of you"
I've got more confidence in bread
pills administered by praying doctor
than the finest science administered by
an agnostic.
l understand why old Bob Ingersol
is an infidel; it pays him $500 nigh,
TO deny God, while he would no,
get $40 night lecturing that there i:
q God.
wouldn't give 10 cents dozen fol
Christians who won't pray in public
There are thousand differences be
tween us, but We are astonishngly
| alike.
When an engineer gets down from
his cab to oil his machinery l notice
that he rours oil out of the can upor
all the parts, great and small alike
And so he Great Engineer of the uni
verse pours the oil of grace from tht
great heavenly storehouse upon the
great and small alike, and makes it a.
easy for one person as another to d(
right. If there is any one here whc
is not what God Intended you to be i'll
because you won't give him a chance
| l am getting sick and tired of thu
cant. ''it's 80 hard for me to do right
You're good for nothing; that's what
the matter with you.
| l know It's heap easier to be gen
tlemau than a vagabond. I've triet
both.
"You whitened scpulchre," as use,
by Christ, means in ninteenth cen
tury parlance you whitewashed ras
calls"
| There is difference between a maj
washed white and whitcwashe'
man: Chrst's blood washed white
But when a man is whitewashcd
scales off and leaves spots, and i
damp weather it gets brown. Som
people have got three coats of white
wash on. and yet it keeps scaling of
| There is difference between res
and resting. A resting ia sitting down
rested man is up and do something
The first thing Christ gives a man
rest. aud then he wants to be doing.
Blessed be they who give, and bles:
ed be those who do not give, for
they are blessed they will give.
The last step, the last thought Q
earth, means goodbye to the last OF
portunity.
God speed the day when the churc
will kick out every man within /,
borders who deals in the futures. TT
church and the preacher who depen
upon such sort of people belong
the devil from hat to heels.
Brother, if you are not afraid {
God you will have good reason to ie
every corner of the fence.
God does not care for present event
,, He looks out for final results.
I'll make my bones ache dancir
the pigeon-wing if it will help me
: heaven.
The curse of all the churches in tn
country is that they have got thou
ands of members who have new
teen convicted OF sin, much less CO
) verted to God.
Whenever anything is wrong OIL
it, and quit it short of. A good MAJ
: want to taper off in sin. They tap
off generally to the big end.
. The sooner you die the sooner you
get to heaven if you've been a 60
man. No man is going to growl
) getting into heaven ahead OF time.
Don't consider youself safe till ye
get there.
Heaven is just on the other side
: where fellow has done his level be,
:. The man who thinks he's safe, al
!. lies back on his oars loses heave
J right there.
: Ii ever fall I'll get up and RI
right on, and if | can't run I'll
i some tall crawling.
/. You take Baptist water, Method
e fire and Presbyterian hold on to wh
!: you've got" and you've got sight.
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